A SURVEY OF SHELLFISH TOXICITY IN THE CENTRAL ADRIATIC-SEA

Authors
MARASOVIC I NINCEVIC Z PAVELAVRANCIC M ORHANOVIC S
Citation
I. Marasovic et al., A SURVEY OF SHELLFISH TOXICITY IN THE CENTRAL ADRIATIC-SEA, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 78(3), 1998, pp. 745-754
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
745 - 754
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1998)78:3<745:ASOSTI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The first data substantiating the occurrence of diarrhetic shellfish p oisoning (DSP) in the central region of the Adriatic Sea (Kastela Bay) in the summer of 1995 is presented. Toxicity was investigated using b io-assay and HPLC-FD analysis. Analysis of samples displaying toxicity , in addition to small concentrations of okadaic acid (OA), suggested the presence of an unknown derivatized compound at high concentration. A long term survey of the phytoplankton community has been conducted. The origin of mussel toxicity was traced to Dinophysis sacculus, a su spected toxic species.